Ava

Authoritarian personality theory: about that % of any population are sympathetic to strongman politics, right?
I keep thinking about what we do about it, and the best answer I have so far is shame. Bigotry needs to be shameful again.

Monochrome photograph featuring a line of six white girls in dresses sitting on the outside step of a wooden building while reading books

Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt

This is by Florida writer Craig Pittman. I offer it in honor of Bad Bunny and the origins of the real American cowboy.

This is by Florida writer Craig Pittman. I offer it in honor of Bad Bunny and the origins of the real American cowboy.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

Her buying it has a nice ironic ring as well. I intended support for your decentralized model.

Maybe Mckenzie Scott could make a significant donation to a non-profit journalism start-up..

A tuxedo cat curled into a tight ball.

Flower on a cold morning.
#TuxieTuesday #Tuxedocat

Poor on all sides.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

We're 8 minutes into Trump's speech unveiling his 'Board of Peace' and this is what he's talked about:

- How many countries he's bombed.
- How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela.
- How large the US military budget is.
- How he won the popular vote.
- How much investment he's bringing into the US.

A one-eyed tuxedo cat on a cushioned chair. She has a black triangle on her nose like the poster's cat.

OMG, all the tuxies!!!
#tuxedocat

It was a strain from switching his cell phone between hands so he could film himself murdering her.

And "at the request" of the admin. They had the info but decided themselves...

Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.

People lined up on a sidewalk facing the road. In the middle, a black flag with a rainbow and the word RESIST stands out.

Venice, FL
#ICEoutforgood

The front half of a one-eyed tuxedo cat. Her white whiskers end at her little black nose.

Flower on #caturday.
#tuxedocat

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

I want to connect the dots.

The rush to call Renee Good a terrorist, the rewriting of Jan 6th - it's all part of Trump's campaign to use violence to protect his power.

A world in which our leader gets to shoot or attack us if we oppose him - that's a dystopia we cannot permit.

A one-eyed tuxedo cat next to a rectangular box that's about her size. Her one eye is wide open in shock as she stares at the photographer.

Flower is shocked after finding that she did not fit inside of the box. #TuxieTuesday #tuxedocat

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

Five years ago.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

Closeup, shot looking down on a tuxedo cat lying on her side and looking over her right shoulder. Her long white whiskers match the white hairs sprouting from her black coat. The white stripe down her face ends at a slight flicker of her pink tongue.

Flower grooming after a nap. #caturday #tuxedocat

I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro just went after Trump:

“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

What's up with the time stamps? It's not 10:41 am on Jan 3 yet.

YouTube video by MenAtWorkVEVO Men At Work - Down Under (Official HD Video)

Men at Work's Down Under still makes me chuckle.

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